Badsey: Monumental Inscriptions: Section C

Churchyard Inscriptions: Section C

This information forms part of a major survey of monumental inscriptions at Badsey.

Section C was opened in 1954, with the first burial in March of that year. I have used the plot numbers that are recorded in the burial registers for this section.

Here is the surname index.

Plan of Section C looking west (New Plots No.1 - No.78)

No. 2. Vase

IN
MEMORY
DEAR SISTER
DOTS
DIED 1954.

[NORAH DOROTHY SAVAGE/ R4/P72/570/ B.20.3.1954/ Aged 50 years]

No.3. Kerbs

IN MEMORY OF A DEAR MOTHER
MARY JANE HILL WHO PASSED AWAY JUNE 4^TH 1954, AGED 80.

[R4/P72/574/ B.9.6.1954/ Aged 82 years]

No.4. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
AUGUSTA COBB
JANUARY 9TH 1955.
FRANK POGMORE COBB
APRIL 25TH 1964.

[A.C./ R4/P73/580/ B.13.1.1955/ Aged 79 years/ JOHN FRANK POGMORE COBB/ R4/P93/737/ B.29.4.1964/ Aged 79 years]

No.6. Vase

IN
LOVING
MEMORY
OF
LYDIA
BAYLEY
DIED
AUGUST 27
1954,
AGED 66.
"AT REST."

[L.B./ R4/P73/577/ B.30.8.1954/ REGINALD JOHN BAYLEY/ R5/P32/253/ Cr.10.3.1988/ Aged 82 years]

No.10. Headstone

IN MEMORY OF
AMELIA LOUISA CRANE
1881 - 1969
AND
GEORGE HENRY CRANE
1882 - 1955
OUR BELOVED
MOTHER AND FATHER
GRANDMOTHER
AND GRANDFATHER

[A.L.C./ R5/P1/5/ B.11.1.1969/ Aged 87 years/ G.H.C./ R4/P73/583/ B.21.3.1955/ Aged 72 years]

No.11. Vase

IN MEMORY OF
MY HUSBAND
FRED
DIED MAY 6.
1955.

[FRED CLEAVER/ R4/P74/585/ B.10.5.1955/ Aged 58 years/ EDITH MARY CLEAVER/ R5/P47/369/ B.30.7.1996/ Aged 97 years]

No.12. Headstone & Vase

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANNIE LOUISE (NANCY) FIELD
WHO PASSED AWAY
10TH OCTOBER 1955
AGED 35 YEARS.
AND OF HER FATHER
ARTHUR GEORGE KEEN
16TH MAY 1895 - 1ST JUNE 1982
AND SISTER MARGARET SMITH
23RD MAY 1922 - 20TH MAY 1988

Vase:

MARGARET
SMITH

[A.L.F./ R4/P75/594/ Cr.13.10.1955/ A.G.K./ R5/P22/176/ Cr.10.6.1982/ Aged 87 years/ M.S./ R5/P33/260/ Cr.31.5.1988/ Aged 65 years]

No.13. Kerbs

SACRED TO
THE MEMORY OF
DAVID CHARLES OWENS, DIED JULY 9^TH 1955, AGED, 45.

[R4/P74/586/ B.13.7.1955]

No.18. Kerbs

IN
LOVING MEMORY
ROSE ADELINE SPARROW AGED 79. 28^TH SEPT. 1955.
ALFRED CECIL SPARROW AGED 81. 27^TH JULY 1957.

[R.A.S./ R4/P74/592/ B.1.10.1955/ A.C.S./ R4/P78/621/ B.30.7.1957]

No.20. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
VIOLET MAY SALTER.
DIED 20^TH DEC. 1955,
AGED 49.
BELOVED WIFE OF
EDGAR ARTHUR SALTER.
DIED 8^TH AUG. 1978.
AGED 76.
REUNITED.

[V.M.S./ R4/P75/597/ B.23.12.1955/ E.A.S./ R5/P15/119/ B.11.8.1978/ Aged 77 years]

No.21. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
FRANCIS JONES
DIED FEB. 8TH 1956.
AND
NANCY JONES
DIED JAN. 19TH 1958.

[FRANCIS EDWARD JONES/ R4/P75/598/ B.13.2.1956/ Aged 55 years/ N.J./ R4/P79/631/ B.23.1.1958/ Aged 58 years]

No.23. Headstone & Kerbs

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
EDWIN WARNER,
DIED FEB. 21^ST 1956,
AGED 85 YEARS.
ONLY GRANDSON OF
WILLIAM BARNARD,
PARISH CLERK
1842 - 1892.
REUNITED.

[R4/P76/602/ B.25.2.1956]

No.25a. Headstone

In Loving Memory of
PERCY JAMES DANKS
died OCT. 9^th 1960 aged 76
In Thy gracious keeping
Also his wife GRACE
died OCT. 7^th 1970 aged 89

[P.J.D./ R4/P85/675/ Cr.15.10.1960/ GRACE ELIZA DANKS/ R5/P5/34/ Cr.16.10.1970]

No.30. Kerbs

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GERTRUDE NELLIE GIBBS, DIED NOVEMBER 25. 1956, AGED 69.
ISAAC GEORGE GIBBS, DIED FEBRUARY 4. 1957, AGED 70.

(Stonemason: E. T. TAYLOR, TEWKESBURY.)

[G.N.G./ R4/P77/610/ B.28.11.1956/ I.G.G./ R4/P77/615/ B.7.2.1957/ GERTRUDE CHURCHILL/ R5/P55/435/ Cr.21.4.2000/ Aged (in 80s)]

No.31. Kerbs

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM HENRY STEWART OF ALDINGTON,
DIED DEC. 26^TH 1956, AGED 74 YEARS.
"IN HEAVENLY LOVE
ABIDING."

[R4/P77/612/ B.31.12.1956]

No.33. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR FRANKLIN
SADLER
DIED MAY 5TH 1957
AGED 72 YEARS.
ALSO HIS BELOVED WIFE
ANNIE
DIED AUGUST 1ST 1975
AGED 88 YEARS.
RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL.

[A.F.S./ R4/P78/617/ B.9.5.1957/ A.S./ R5/P12/90/ B.5.8.1975/ Aged 88 years/ LESLIE SADLER/ R5/P25/197/ Cr.12.9.1983/ Aged 73 years/ GEORGE EDWARD BROOKS/ R5/P34/268/ Cr.19.4.1989/ Aged 79 years/ IRENE MARY BROOKS/ R5/P54/426/ Cr.24.9.1999/ Aged 87 years]

No.34. Headstone

To The Memory Of
PERCY JOHN HALL
1882 - 1957
His wife
ETHEL MARY
1892 - 1981
Their Daughter
KATHLEEN GREEN
1917 - 1998
And Her Husband
LEONARD GEORGE
GREEN
1916 - 1982.

[P.J.H./ R4/P78/618/ B.28.5.1957/ Aged 75 years/ E.M.H./ R5/P20/154/ B.10.2.1981/ Aged 89 years/ K.G./ R5/P51/405/ Cr.15.7.1998/ Aged 80 years/ L.G.G./ R5/P24/186/ Cr.10.11.1982/ Aged 66 years]

No.35. Headstone

TO DEAR
MUM & DAD
ALBERT GEORGE
HAINES
DIED JUNE 14^TH 1957
AGED 66 YEARS.
AND
FLORENCE ELIZABETH
HAINES
DIED DEC. 22^ND 1965
*AGED 72 YEARS.

[A.G.H./ R4/P78/619/ B.18.6.1957/ F.E.H./ R4/P95/758/ B.29.12.1965/ *Aged 73 years]

No.38. Headstone

ARTHUR BUTLER
1886 - 1957
HIS WIFE
ZILLAH BUTLER
1888 - 1979
AND SON
JAMES HEMMINGWAY
BUTLER
1919 - 1967.
AT REST TOGETHER.

[A.B./ R4/P78/624/ B.16.10.1957/ Aged 71 years/ Z.B./ R5/P17/134/ B.4.7.1979/ Aged 90 years/ J.H.B./ R4/P98/782/ Cr.29.8.1967/ Aged 48 years]

No.39. Headstone

TO
THE MEMORY OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
WILLIAM MAURICE
JENNINGS
WHO DIED NOV. 12^TH 1957,
*AGED 52 YEARS.
HIS HEART WAS TRUE,
HIS ACTIONS KIND, BELOVED BY
THOSE HE LEFT BEHIND.
AND HIS WIFE
HILDA ANNE
REUNITED AUG. 24^TH 1984
AGED 76 YEARS.
SADLY MISSED.

[W.M.J./ R4/P79/626/ B.19.11.1957/ *Aged 51 years/ HILDA ANNIE JENNINGS/ R5/P26/207/ Cr.5.9.1984]

No.40. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ALBERT CHARLES
KNIGHT
WHO DIED JAN. 27^TH 1958
AGED 50 YEARS.

[R4/P79/632/ B.27.1.1958]

No.44. Headstone

WILLIAM CHARLES HALL
BORN 14. OCT. 1887.
DIED 15. JULY 1959.
GLADYS EVELYN HALL
BORN 26. SEPT. 1898.
DIED 22. NOV. 1981.
GOD SENDS GREAT ANGELS
IN OUR SORE DISMAY
BUT REMEMBER THAT LITTLE
ONES COME IN AND OUT EACH DAY

[W.C.H./ R4/P83/658/ B.18.7.1959/ Aged 72 years/ G.E.H./ R5/P21/166/ Cr.27.11.1981/ Aged 83 years]

No.46. Headstone & Kerbs

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER
HARRY EDWARD OSBORNE,
DIED JULY 10^TH 1959,
AGED 60 YEARS.
TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE
CONSECRATED LORD WITH THEE.
ALSO HIS WIFE
EUNICE
PASSED AWAY SEPT. 8^TH 1966,
AGED 69 YEARS.
SADLY MISSED BY THEIR CHILDREN.

[H.E.O./ R4/P82/656/ B.13.7.1959/ E.O./ R4/P97/770/ B.12.9.1966]

No.49. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
FLORENCE COLLETT
DIED FEBRUARY 24TH 1959
AGED 52 YEARS.
*SAMUAL JOHN
COLLETT
DIED MARCH 20TH 1976
AGED 80 YEARS.
REUNITED.

[F.C./ R4/P82/649/ B.27.2.1959/ *SAMUEL JOHN COLLETT/ R5/P12/96/ B.23.3.1976]

No.50. Vase

IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
MAUD & ERNEST
JELFS

[ERNEST FREDERICK JELFS/ R4/P81/648/ B.20.2.1959/ Aged 61 years/ LILIAN MAUDE JELFS/ R4/P100/793/ B.8.4.1968/ Aged 72 years]

No.51. Headstone & Vase

IN
FONDEST MEMORY OF
DEAR MOTHER & FATHER
AMY ALICE
AND
DAVID JOHN
DORE,
DEC. 25^TH 1958, AGED 83,
AND
MAY 12^TH 1961, AGED 85.
RESTING TILL WE MEET AGAIN.

Vase:

CECIL
HAINES
1906 - 1990

[A.A.D./ R4/P81/646/ B.30.12.1958/ DAVID JOHN SEARS DORE/ R4/P86/683/ B.16.5.1961/ CECIL REGINALD HAINES/ R5/P36/282/ Cr.31.7.1990/ Aged 84 years]

No.52. Kerbs

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
GERTRUDE GRACE HARRIS, WHO DIED DEC. 15^TH 1958, AGED 71.
ALSO HER HUSBAND ALBERT EDGAR HARRIS WHO DIED APRIL 13^TH 1965, AGED 79
"REST IN PEACE."

[G.G.H./ R4/P81/645/ B.19.12.1958/ A.E.H./ R4/P94/750/ B.15.4.1965]

No.58. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ERIC JOHN JELFS,
WHO DIED APRIL 2ND 1975,
AGED 73 YEARS.
EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
ALSO
ELSIE CONNIE JELFS,
WHO DIED MARCH 23RD 1988,
AGED 85 YEARS.
SADLY MISSED.
REUNITED.

[E.J.J./ R5/P11/84/ B.5.4.1975/ E.C.J./ R5/P32/256/ B.29.3.1988]

No.62. Headstone

IN
MEMORY OF
RICHARD HARTWELL
1895 - 1976.
AND
IDA LUCY HARTWELL
1897 - 1972.
REST IN PEACE.

[R.H./ R5/P12/95/ B.11.3.1976/ Aged 80 years/ I.L.H./ R5/P7/52/ B.21.3.1972/ Aged 74 years]

No.63. Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SARAH ANN
MERRIMAN
DIED JAN. 24TH 1972
AGED 71 YEARS.
WILLIAM HENRY
MERRIMAN
DIED APRIL 5TH 1979
AGED 78 YEARS.
TOGETHER.

[S.A.M./ R5/P7/51/ B.26.1.1972/ WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS MERRIMAN/ R5/P17/131/ B.10.4.1979]

No.64. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
LOUISA JANE TOMKINS,
DIED NOV. 22ND 1971,
AGED 68.
ALSO HER HUSBAND
WALTER WILLIAM
DIED SEPT. 7TH 1978
AGED 72.
REST IN PEACE.

[L.J.T./ R5/P6/48/ B.26.11.1971/ W.W.T./ R5/P16/121/ B.13.9.1978]

No.65. Headstone & Tablet

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
CLARRISA MAY EVANS
WHO DIED JAN. 29^TH 1971
AGED 62.
AND HER HUSBAND
EDWARD EVANS
WHO DIED SEPT. 19^TH. 1973
AGED 74./ AT REST.
ALSO DAUGHTER
NORMA
DIED 16^TH NOVEMBER 2002
AGED 54 YEARS.
REST IN PEACE.
(Stonemason: GARDINER.)

Stone tablet:

RAYMOND
BEAUCHAMP
1938 – 1991
AGED 52
ALWAYS REMEMBERED

[C.M.E./ R5/P5/38/ B.3.2.1971/ E.E./ R5/P9/67/ B.25.9.1973/ N.E./ Cr.5.12.2002/ RAYMOND RONALD BEAUCHAMP/ R5/P37/294/ Cr.4.9.1991]

No.68. Headstone & Stone Plaque

ALFRED JAMES NUNN
BORN 3^RD OF FEBRUARY 1920
DIED 16^TH OF AUGUST 1979.
IN MEMORY OF
A VERY GENTLE AND TALENTED MAN.

Plaque:

IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
JAMES HOWARD
JONES
21.12.1918 - 30.8.1996
REST IN PEACE

[A.J.N./ R5/P17/136/ Cr.7.9.1979/ Aged 59 years/ J.H.J./ R5/P47/373/ Cr.3.10.1996/ Aged 77 years]

No.71. Vase

IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
DAD
AND
MUM

[CHARLES PERCY JINKS/ R5/P19/151/ B.3.11.1980/ Aged 71years/ GWENDOLINE MAUD JINKS/ R5/P35/278/ B.22.3.1990/ Aged 78 years.]

No.72. Headstone

TREASURED
MEMORIES OF
MY
DEAR HUSBAND
GEORGE
GOLDSTRAW
PASSED AWAY
15TH FEB. 1981
AGED
63 YEARS.

[R5/P20/155/ B.19.2.1981]

No.73. Headstone

JOHN H. BIRD
1904 - 1981
A Truly Christian Gentleman.

[JOHN HENRY BIRD/ R5/P20/158/ B.27.3.1981/ Aged 76 years]

No.74. Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
IRENE LILIAN HALFORD,
DIED 18^TH MAY 1981,
AGED 66.
FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.

[R5/P21/161/ B.22.5.1981]

No.75. Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
PERCY ALFRED RAYMOND
BUTLER,
BORN DEC. 1^ST 1905,
DIED JAN. 6^TH 1985.
REST IN PEACE.

[R5/P27/213/ B.15.1.1985/ Aged 79 years]

No.76. Headstone

In
Loving Memory Of
JOYCE ALDYTH
BURFORD
Died 21.12.1981
Aged 51

[R5/P21/167/ B.29.12.1981]

No.79. Carved above Lych-gate

IN HAPPY MEMORIES OF ARTHUR SEARS, JUNE 20^TH - 1946.

[Omitted from PR/ Cr.2.6.1946]

No.80. Bronze Plaque on outside wall to the left of Lynchgate

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
BEATRICE VIOLET MARSHALL
THESE LAMPS WERE GIVEN
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY BY
HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN
- A.D. 1951 -

[R4/P66/524/ B.10.3.1951/ Aged 60 years]

No.81. Bronze Plaque on Bench in front of Lynchgate

IN MEMORY OF
PEGGY DIANA LEWIS (NEE SEARS)
WIFE OF GEORGE AND MOTHER TO
JEAN,CHRISTINE, YSANNE.
24.10.19 TO 1.10.96

[Not in PR]

Peter F. Stewart
10 Digby Road
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 1BW
England

e-mail: peter.stewart@boltblue.com

Updated 20 March 2004.